Can you ID this suspension?
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G-500 SUV Mercedes?
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Can you ID the car this suspension belongs to?
Also, note the externally vented disc. You rarely see that on production cars.
The aluminum foil coated ductwork and the crudely welded flat sheet metalwork in the background don't look factory to me.
Probably a Rolls Royce G-Man.
They shouldn't allow their welders to drink so much coffee
ah of course, it's a car I've never seen and will probably never drive in my life.
They are still mighty fine looking pieces of machinery. My favorite is the Corniche Convertible...blue..with white leather seats with blue piping...
But alas, I want my dream house FIRST!
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They are still mighty fine looking pieces of machinery. My favorite is the Corniche Convertible...blue..with white leather seats with blue piping...
The Corniche is my favorite of the old Shadow based Rolls models. I fell in love with it when I went to see the movie "10" in 1979. That's what Dudley Moore drove until he wrecked it in the first few minutes of the film.
The modern Rolls rendition of the classic drophead coupe is quite alluring:
G-Man, I just have one thing to say to those pics...
The workmanship doesn't look like any Rolls I've ever looked under. It looks like some kind of a test bed at best.
Externally vented? I still fail to see how, it looks like any other vented brake rotor. And I am surprised that they'd use such a mundane caliper design (slider design with the piston(s) on one side).
However, the car is quite exquisite. The Rolls Royce website is one of the best websites I've ever seen in my life, it's well worth a visit if you haven't been there.
However, the car is quite exquisite. The Rolls Royce website is one of the best websites I've ever seen in my life, it's well worth a visit if you haven't been there.
I think he's talking about the aluminum foil covered duct in front of the rotor. Good catch on the caliper design, I didn't notice it.
My lowly 03 Town and Country has externally vented rotors.
What? I'm talking about the rotor vents close to the hub. On most rotors the vent area is on the back side, which makes the front side look solid all the way to the hub.
The only domestic vehicles I've seen with externally vented discs on are some Chrysler products (my 300M has them on the front) and on the Ford 500. Look at any BMW or Benz and you won't see external vents like this.
Ya know G-Man, it just could be that the people at BMW, Mercedes, the Formula One car companies and a few others know something about cooling brakes.
Sucking air in around the hub nut will get a bit cooler air, but it won't get much flow because the area of the opening is so small.
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Now that you 'splained it
That does look like a good way to do it if you aren't going to duct fresh air from the front of the car to the back of the wheel.
It still looks like a test mule someone cleaned up for some photos instead of a production Rolls. The ones I have seen didn't look that hacked together in the wheel wells. The bare paint with no sound absorption material on a modern luxury car is another clue.
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